Danny's 4door Calypso 24v car

[Farbin Kaiber]

Now back to the cycle of tarbo, then ref then removal, then LSx, then blower.

[Danny]

Probably will just skip to blower in a few years time, after paint, and a house. ;)

[Danny]

I have nothing new to report.

[ak-]

Turbo. So easy on 24v.

[87e30]

What's done to your motor?

Bimmerworld intake + injectors + 3.5inch MAF? A nice little gain...?

[Danny]

13lb Fidanza flywheel, 21.5lb injectors, and Turner tune. Otherwise it is stock. I also have a TRM tune I'm going to swap in at some point. Maybe I'll dyno them back to back.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Ninjas. Factory, OEM engine ninjas. Installed by a one legged mechanic from Blenheim. With uber rare LTW ninja keepers.

[Danny]

I have hollow carbon fiber aircraft rivets to mount my flywheel to the engine to save weight and rev up faster.

[87e30]

You like that 13lb wheel? My buddy has the lighter one and he says it's a little much, but I think he may have gone for the 8.5lb one? That's a common one, right?

Anyway that bimmerworld intake + larger MAF sounds so awesome that's almost worth it alone...

[Farbin Kaiber]

Annnnnnddd...


Ninjas.

[Danny]

You like that 13lb wheel? My buddy has the lighter one and he says it's a little much, but I think he may have gone for the 8.5lb one? That's a common one, right?

Anyway that bimmerworld intake + larger MAF sounds so awesome that's almost worth it alone...

Its a nice flywheel. I have A/C in my car and it very seldom dies when coming to a stop with it on. Otherwise the idle is just like stock. I'm thinking of going back to the bigger maf and boot. Too bad I sold it to RobertK.

[Danny]

Okay so two issues with my car right now. My unloader relays do not work. I currently have k5 and k7 jumpered with a wire to get the windows and aux fan/blower motor to work. Problem is they are constantly hot. The battery will drain. I saw a post by Nando that I can ground pin 15 of the c101 to bypass the unloader relays. He won't answer my PM. Can anyone else verify?

Second issue is the car has absolutely no midrange. I have had the VANOS unit replaced with a Dr. Vanos unit by RyanGMW. Still have no midrange. the car is gutless until about 4500 rpms. I'm leaning toward VANOS solenoid but I have no check engine light. Kyle (Surebimmer) suggested replacing coils. Thoughts?

[kingston]

Easy enough to see i it's coils. Remove the connectors to them one by one with the engine running. If you hear the engine note change, the coil is good. If there is not change, there is a problem with that coil, boot or plug. Or something else with the cylinder...

Good luck!

[Danny]

Engine has no feel of a misfire. Also idles very well. It pulls smoothly but with a distinct lack of power in the mid range.

[87e30]

As I mentioned that's not what my car was doing when a couple coils went bad... but then cars often show multiple kinds of symptoms.

Drove my friends car with the ford injectors, larger MAF, OBD1 IM, and 8.5lb flywheel... I don't know how these cars left the factory any other way. Really wakes them up. :)